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FLAGLER COUNTY, FL — What people see now as Old Kings Road is only a modern echo of Florida’s oldest highway. The original route was first envisioned in 1765, before Florida became part of the United States and even before the nation itself existed. Today, the old roadway...

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Duval County School Police are investigating after a stranger driving a blue van attempted to lure a student into a vehicle Friday morning in Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man was arrested last week after a Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer clocked him driving 108 mph in a posted 65 mph zone on Interstate 295 South. According to his arrest report, the 22-year-old driver later admitted he was speeding because he was late for...

Sweetgreen will soon have a dozen shops in Florida, with its new 2,560-square-foot store set to open on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The fresh Florida store, located at 4624 Town Crossing Dr. in Jacksonville’s St. Johns Town Center, also marks its debut on the northeast side of the state. Opening...

After 46 years, a Jacksonville barbecue institution known for its signature Baby Back Ribs, Memphis-style Spare Ribs, and other Southern slow-smoked staples is closing — but only temporarily as its owner plans to relocate the restaurant. The Original Woody's Bar-B-Q will shut its doors Sept. 30 at 1638 University Blvd.

September 8th, 2007, Lynyrd and Skynyrd are inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Now this really seems like an interesting thing because Skynyrd, they call Jacksonville, Florida home. They’ve written a song called “Sweet Home Alabama”, but to my knowledge, no real connection to Georgia, but they’re inducted in

YULEE, Fla. – A Nassau County development is growing fast, and leaders say it’s all by design. Wildlight, a master-planned community spanning 24,000 acres, is expanding across two districts and several residential neighborhoods — bringing new homes, businesses, and services to the area since 2016. “The best...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A crash at Yellow Bluff Road and Lake Road on Jacksonville’s Northside is causing road closures and traffic backups, according to an alert from the city. The alert urged drivers to find another route Tuesday morning and to plan for more travel time than usual.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested for supplying the drugs that led to another man’s overdose death. JSO says its investigation began in November 2025, after a 61-year-old man died from an overdose. Over a nine-month period, the agency’s Overdose Investigations Unit work

The apartments once known as Franklin Arms were a notorious hot spot in the Eastside for crime, drug dealing and building code violations before the Jacksonville Housing Authority bought the site in 2023 with plans for renovating the 55-year-old building. The housing authority still intends to make one of the biggest r